Post #467689 by woofmutt on Wed, Jul 8, 2009 3:49 PM

Everyone's right. I was wrong. But I've lowered my standards and I'm sure it'll just get worse.

Let me explain it to you in this song...

bambooGal claimed to have "been reading this forum for a while" yet supposedly didn't know what the items she posted pictures of were...

"Can anyone tell me if they know what this is, if it's anything at all.
Sorry for my ignorance but I can use some help."

It would seem pretty obvious to anyone who had supposedly been hanging around here that what she had was a cane/bamboo/rattan sectional.

As this was bambooGal's first ever post on Tiki Central and she made no attempt to tell us about herself nor did she even acknowledge that she knew it had to be furniture of some sort I, perhaps wrongly, suspected that she was either a dealer or someone planning on reselling something who was trying to get some free advice.

After the initial offer of sound advice bambooGal immediately asked "I'm wondering if it's Haywood Wakefield..?" To me this meant that all along she had some idea as to what she was dealing with she just chose to not let us know.

Now I will genuinely admit that my original two posts were completely useless and just goofing off.

Normally when first time people show up wondering if something they found in Aunt Clara's attic is a million dollar Tiki mug I just ignore their posts. But I was bored.

After bambooGal made her second post she'd realized she'd forgot to ask me a question so she made a post to do that: "oh woofmutt, what happened? you thought of something clever after you posted your first helpful response?".

Of course I had to answer a question asked of me, it'd be rude not to.

Had her initial query went something like "I have/came across this bamboo sectional and was wondering if it could be Haywood Wakefield?" I'd completely have ignored her post because I don't know jack about Haywood Wakefield and her question would have seemed a valid one as her cards would have been on the table.

Had she asked "I have/came across this bamboo sectional and was wondering if it can be saved? Can it be refinished? How can I make it look good?" I would have actually replied something very much like:

I don't know about refinishing it to an original condition but it would be easy to sand and give a coat of spray paint....Blah blah blah.

Of course as bambooGal has "been reading this forum for a while" she must already know that I provide lots of useful advice to people looking to make their Tiki interiors fabulous. I've even been known to give my opinions on a rum ad campaign to people who introduce themselves and explain their motives.

And now you have my story which was so plainly there all along.

Oh and bambooGal, was right about one other thing: Whatever necklace I'd be wearing at some Tiki-majig-shindig would indeed be special as I would have made it myself.